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Key takeaways
- The average white family added $85,000 to its wealth this year, compared to just over $25,000 for black and Latino families.
- The unemployment rate among white workers has remained flat in recent months while it has risen among black and Hispanic workers.
- The new analysis emphasized the economy’s “K-shaped” inequality, with better-off households receiving most of the benefits while people on lower incomes suffer.
The average white American household added nearly $85,000 in wealth this year, compared with an increase of about $25,000 for the median black and Latino household, thanks primarily to rising stock values.
That’s according to an analysis this week by economists at Oxford Economics, who found that black and Hispanic families lag behind their white counterparts on a range of economic measures.
Even more striking, according to Oxford University’s chief economist Bernard Yaros, is the fact that white households on average amassed more than three times the wealth of black and Hispanic households this year.
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“White families own more than 80% of the country’s wealth, and the average white family has accumulated far more net worth over the past year than the average black or Hispanic family,” Yaros wrote.
White households tend to invest more in stocks, so they benefited from the AI-fueled stock boom in 2025. Black and Hispanic households, on the other hand, tend to have more wealth in their homes, which have appreciated more slowly in value recently.
What does this mean for the economy
When large segments of the population struggle by many measures, such as wages and wealth, the broader economy suffers and society becomes more vulnerable to social unrest.
By almost every measure, white families are doing better, according to Yaros’ analysis. Black and Hispanic families have been hit hard by inflation and are seeing higher unemployment rates as well.
Since April, when President Donald Trump’s “Emancipation Day” tariff announcement began to impact the labor market, the white unemployment rate has held steady at 3.8% through September. In the same period, unemployment rates among blacks rose from 6.3% to 7.5%, and from 5.2% to 5.5% among Hispanics, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The analysis highlights the inequalities inherent in the “K-shaped” American economy: wealthier households grow increasingly secure and comfortable, while lower-income households struggle to stretch their paychecks to cover ever-more expensive necessities.
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